White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter's Basilica rang out on Thursday, signaling that a new pope—the 267th leader of the Catholic Church—had been ...

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ROME, Italy — When a new pope is needed, the College of Cardinals gather at the Vatican to vote and colored smoke flows out of the Sistine Chapel’s chimney depending on the result — but what ...

"Even though we didn’t actually see the smoke or see the new pope, the feeling of being there, it was in everybody's heart.

Thousands of people have been gathering in St Peter’s Square to witness the time-honoured tradition which signified that no candidate had garnered the two-thirds majority needed to become the new pope ...

On Thursday, 133 cardinals went into the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican to elect the next leader of the worldwide Catholic Church. Three rounds of votes came and went with black smoke coming from the ...